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    Modernization as Spectacle in Africa by Bloom, Peter J.; Miescher, Stephan F.; Manuh, Takyiwaa;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher MH – Indiana University Press
    • Date of Publication 9 May 2014
    • Number of Volumes Print PDF

    • ISBN 9780253012258
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages328 pages
    • Size 229x152x24 mm
    • Weight 607 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 4 b&w illus.
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    For postcolonial Africa, modernization was seen as a necessary outcome of the struggle for independence and as crucial to the success of its newly established states. Since then, the rhetoric of modernization has pervaded policy, culture, and development, lending a kind of political theatricality to nationalist framings of modernization and Africans' perceptions of their place in the global economy. These 15 essays address governance, production, and social life; the role of media; and the discourse surrounding large-scale development projects, revealing modernization's deep effects on the expressive culture of Africa.

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